Trump's Three Big Targets With Xi
Kevin McCullough
In my opinion, the upcoming summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could not be happening at a more important moment.
The world is unstable.
Ukraine continues grinding through a bloody war of attrition. Iran remains the world’s leading exporter of chaos and terrorism while trying desperately to preserve its crumbling influence structure. Global shipping lanes remain vulnerable. Inflation has cooled from its worst levels, but Americans still feel the squeeze every single day they buy groceries, gasoline, or try to finance a home.
And floating over all of it is China.
Massive. Ambitious. Increasingly aggressive. Economically strained in some areas, technologically dangerous in others, and still trying to figure out whether it wants to become a responsible global power or simply the wealthiest authoritarian regime in human history.
That’s why this meeting matters.
Because of all the media caricatures of Trump as impulsive or chaotic, one thing he consistently understands better than most world leaders is leverage.
And right now, America still possesses enormous leverage over China if we are wise enough to use it.
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